I believe a poitical name was also mentioned
something to distract from his HW roots and make him more approachable to the litle man he hopes to represent
take him seriously boy,
it’s
SENATOR WIGGY McASSHAT

you know you want him

1) If I could own a bugatti, I would.
2) If I could own a Ducati, I would. (hey…this is starting to rhyme)

3) When I get my pilot’s license, I plan on flying myself anywhere I need to fly to.

4) He EMPLOYS people. Which means that the “compounds” aren’t sitting empty like so many second homes (hello- half of the homes in vail are empty year round but still need to have utilities running to prevent the pipes from freezing up, etc) which means that people have inexpensive housing and incomes…helping the economy. And chances are that they have several green initiatives in place (at the very least, they recycle and use CLRs) so that’s good.

4) They didn’t “take over” the country. And while they were there they organized a co-op so that local residents can sell their crafts (for lack of a better term – handmade pottery, blankets, baskets, etc) and bring an income into a poverty striken country. What did you do the last time you left the country?

5) Yes, his carbon footprint is large. but how do you know he isn’t off-setting? Even Al Gore and Leo DiCaprio have large footprints, but they’re doing more than the average citizen and you can’t knock them for that.

6) 8 bottles? Come on, guys? How about a nice crystal pitcher of iced tap and tumblers for the crew. Eco-friendly AND souvenir-like.

Dear Emily, bravo on your upstanding principles – if you want the bugatti, why not- the private jet to get you anywhere you want to go, why not.
If Mr pitt- you seem so affronted-is your idea of a statesman, a leader of a city then who am i to piss on your chips.
For me , i disagree.On all fronts.
I don’t think it is okay to run homes, empty homes, with an army of people , jet privately hither and thither as it suits, or to use position in censoring the media-at home or abroad whilst in the same breath extolling the virtues of saving energy and sharing wealth and ‘reporting without borders’.i think it’s hypocritical.
If you jump on the green bandwagon, or the humanitarian bandwagon, for that- it opens the door for scutiny of your own practice.
I disagree that ‘off setting ‘ makes it okay- as an adjunct perhaps but not a sustainable alternative. An adjunct for the wealthy to buy intransigence maybe but not really using your status to try and change attitudes to anything particularly green other than your green vanity project -and with it some much needed public attention (seeing as your films don’t garner any these days)
I believe he does actually have to live there to ‘qualify’ to be mayor so fingers crossed he continues flying hither and thither, just being an actor.

Out of curiosity…
~ How often does Brad drive/ride the gas guzzlers?

On another note…
~ Running an “empty home” with “armies of people” is an oxymoron since the “armies of people” would inhabit the home thereby making it… wait for it… No Longer Empty.

~ What’s the fuel consumption comparison between a private jet and… say… Air Force One (or Two) or Marine One? (no, I’m not comparing the individuals, merely the transportation methods) Or even the comparison between a private jet and a nearly empty jumbo jet (given the paps and crowds that often surround celebrities, one would have to assume they’d buy out a large number of seats in order to ensure a tranquil flight).

~ There’s a difference between censorship and attempting to keep nosy people out of your personal business (and don’t give me the line about “he’s a celebrity, if he doesn’t like it he should find another job” given the level of coverage and scrutiny that celebrities are subject to these days, it makes about as much sense as if one were to say that if Lincoln, Kennedy, et al didn’t want to be killed, they shouldn’t have become President of the United States or that Martin Luther King Jr shouldn’t have advocated Civil Rights.)

~ As for off-setting… isn’t that what conservation is all about…? Off-setting our consumption? Quite honestly, I don’t think that what Brad is doing in New Orleans qualifies as being tantamount to saying “you conserve so I don’t have to”. Now, if he went into some random house and started telling people how to recycle, etc then we saw him go home and not do the same, that would qualify. But being a part of a spearhead project to *rebuild* in an eco-friendly manner…? No, that doesn’t even come *close*.

As for the water bottles… there’s a couple of ways it can be taken… the owners of the other bottles are out of camera range; we don’t know how many times they’ve re-filled said bottles (my family does it all the time, we buy a case of water, then re-use the bottles until they can’t be used any more) We also don’t know (or at least *I* don’t) know what brand water that is and what their recycling policies/practices are. I/we also don’t know what the area’s policies are on water bottle recycling (many cities and states are implementing a water bottle return system like that of the soda/beer deposit system.)

I think the bigger point to all of this is that the only reason he’s even being talked about is because since Hurricane Katrina, he’s actually DONE things here. As a lifelong resident, its nice to see someone DO and not just TALK about doing. I’ve personally seen the work his MakeItRight group has done and continues to do and its refreshing. We members of the creative class in NOLA are hoping we get some new blood to run for mayor as we finally are freed from the bumblings of Idiot Nagin (and no, I didn’t vote for him). Old guard politicos won’t do anymore – we need people who put their money where their mouth is. Sure, he has more money than most, but he’s actually spent it and used his celebrity to get some really good things done here. Most of our policicians (see the Jefferson clan, Gill-Pratt, etc…) care only to line their own pockets. I’ll take passion and commitment over “political experience” anyday.